Tom Lane wrote: > Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> writes: > > The server's messages and the documentation uses all of these terms in > > mixed ways. Maybe we could decide on some preferred terminology and > > adjust the existing texts. Ideas? > > Primary/secondary seem like a poor choice because they're such generic > terms. Master/slave is the common terminology for this, I think, > though some might object on grounds of political incorrectness. > If so, master/standby would probably work.
I have always been unclear if a slave indicates it accepts read-only queries, i.e. are slave and standby interchangable? -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
